Penterman wins special election for Wisconsin Assembly seat
July 14, 2021 GMT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Republican William Penterman is the apparent winner of a special election Tuesday to fill Wisconsin’s vacant 37th District Assembly seat.
Unofficial results show Penterman received 3,742 votes. Democratic candidate Pete Adams received 3,063 votes and Independent Stephen Ratzlaff Jr. garnered 112 votes.
Penterman, of Columbus, narrowly won the Republican primary by 16 votes. There were eight Republican candidates.
Penterman, 25, is a U.S. Army Reserve member who previously worked as an aide to Republican state Rep. Ron Tusler, of Appleton.
The Assembly district covers southwestern Dodge County and parts of northern Jefferson County and eastern Columbia County. It includes the cities of Columbus, Waterloo and Watertown.
William Penterman wins special election for 37th Assembly District
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A packed field of eight Republican candidates vying for a shot at the state Legislatureâs vacant 37th Assembly District seat has set the stage for a June 15 primary ahead of the July special election.
Republicans running for the seat previously held by former Rep. John Jagler, R-Watertown, who was elected to the state Senate earlier this year, include: Dodge County Supervisor Cathy Houchin; Watertown Unified School District board member Steven Kauffeld; Nick Krueger, chief of staff to state Rep. Terry Katsma, R-Oostburg; Jennifer Meinhardt, an associate professor at Maranatha Baptist University; William Penterman, who serves in the U.S. Army Reserve and works as a legislative aide; farmer and livestock auctioneer Nathan Pollnow; Waterloo Mayor Jenifer Quimby; and Spencer Zimmerman, who ran unsuccessfully for the 13th Senate District earlier this year.